For a Toronto couple, architectural designer Raymond Murakami fashioned a town house inspired by Louis XV?style buildings.
“We faced the garage to the side—the front façade became like a garden pavilion,” explains Murakami.
Designers David Powell and Fenwick Bonnell gave the residents a living room that serves multiple functions. Dark pillow fabric, Holly Hunt.
The dining room. A 2002 work by Candida Höfer hangs at rear; a 1998 Igor Mitoraj sculpture is on the table. Powell & Bonnell Home chairs, with Donghia fabric.
More of the owners’ art collection is in the study: An etching by Joan Miró is at left, and a 1975 Friedel Dzubas work is at rear. Sofa, Powell & Bonnell Home. J. Robert Scott pillow stripe.
“Clerestory windows allow western light to flood into the kitchen,” notes Powell. Barstool cushion fabric from Beacon Hill. Sub-Zero refrigerator. Wolf range; Thermador hood. Faucet, Kohler.
“A massive silver-leaf-framed headboard adds a note of all-out glamour” to the master bedroom, says Bonnell. Drawings by Hans Hofmann, from 1933, flank the bed. Donghia headboard, drapery and bed skirt fabric. Chair fabric, J. Robert Scott.
Travertine covers the master bath’s walls and floor. Tub and fixtures, Kohler.
